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    Ambiguous impacts: effects of the International Criminal Court investigations in Northern Uganda

    Refugee Law Project, Uganda, 2012
    This report analyses the impact of the International Criminal Court (ICC) investigations on the conflict between the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and the government of Uganda in northern Uganda and neighbouring countries.
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    Responsibility to protect (RtoP): Toolkit for civil society actors and multidimensional peace support personnel in West Africa

    West Africa Civil Society Institute, 2013
    This toolkit on the Responsibility to Protect (RtoP) was designed to introduce the concept topractitioners and policy makers in West Africa, as well as deepen their knowledge of its development and practice.
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    Brazil: a new powerhouse without military strength?

    BRICS Policy Center / Centro de Estudos e Pesquisas BRICS, 2013
    Brazil’s development assistance to Africa demonstrates that its action abroad is based on soft power tools, especially when dealing with countries of the South, benefiting from its image as successful economic and social development model, remaining faithful to its national principles like non-intervention and respect of sovereignty and exporting efforts that worked at a domestic level.
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    Implementing the responsibility to protect: new directions for international peace and security?

    Igarape Institute, 2013
    The international peace and security architecture is undergoing a profound renovation in the twenty first century. The Responsibility to Protect (R2P) doctrine is being re-evaluated from political and operational perspectives, while the Responsibility while Protecting (RwP), a Brazilian initiative, can be a new direction for international peace and security.
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    To save succeeding generations: UN Security Council reform and the protection of civilians

    Igarape Institute, 2013
    The UN needs to be reformed, and this has been an almost constant item on the agenda of the General Assembly and Security Council since the creation of the organisation. The current paper is a contribution to the debate about UN reform, with specific reference to the protection of civilians by peacekeeping missions under international law.
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    Brazil’s experience in unstable settings: assessing the participation of Brazilian experts in multilateral missions

    Igarape Institute, 2012
    Since at least the early 1990s Brazil has provided military police and civilian experts to UN missions around the world. The current paper highlights that Brazil is increasingly involved in international missions that promote the transition to democracy, support macro-economic stability and seek conflict prevention and poverty reduction.
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    War and local collective action in Sierra Leone

    ResearchGate, 2008
    In this paper the authors study the brutal 1991-2002 Sierra Leone civil war using nationally representative household data on conflict experiences, postwar economic outcomes, local politics and collective action.
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    Civil Society Rapid Assessment: Liberia

    West Africa Civil Society Institute, 2014
    More than a decade since the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in Accra, Ghana, Liberia continues its long walk to restoration and reconciliation. Though Liberia has stayed relatively stable and peaceful in the post-conflict period, challenges remain.
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    Beyond the new deal: global collaboration and peacebuilding with BRICS countries

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2014
    Development in fragile and conflict-affected contexts is both complex and contested. The New Deal for Engagement with Fragile States, endorsed by 35 countries and six organisations, is the current focus of efforts to harmonise aid approaches.
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    China and Liberia: engagement in a post-conflict country 2003–2013

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2014
    Since the resumption of diplomatic relations between China and Liberia in 2003, China has been one of the major foreign participants in Monrovia’s efforts to rebuild its society. Both within the framework of the UN Mission in Liberia and at a bilateral level, Beijing has proved itself an important stakeholder and development partner.

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